TL;DR: Anthropic refused to sign a contract with the Pentagon that would have allowed the U.S. military to use all of its models without restrictions. Anthropic insisted on an exception, and brace yourself, that its models cannot be used: 1) for mass surveillance of citizens, 2) for autonomous killing. Now the administration is threatening that if the founder of Anthropic doesn't change his mind by a certain date, they will come after him.
Google, OpenAI, and Musk (Grok) have all signed the contract.
Following Sam Altman's announcement over the past few hours, people have been speaking out massively about cancelling their OpenAI subscriptions and subscribing to Claude.
New AI models pop up every week. Some developer tools like @Cursor, @Zed, and @Kilo Code let you choose between different models, while more opinionated products like @Amp and @Tonkotsu default to 1 model.
Curious what the community recommends for coding tasks? Any preferences?
I like Claude Code a lot, but one thing still feels weirdly opaque to me: token burn while you are deep in a session.
When I am iterating fast, the bill usually shows up after the fact. By then I already made the expensive choices. Long context, repeated retries, and bouncing between models can get surprisingly costly before you really notice it.
A couple weeks ago, Boris Cherny (the creator of Claude Code) shared a bunch of really useful tips on getting the most out of Claude Code. #1 at the top of the list: do more in parallel. He himself runs 10-15 Claude codes in parallel.
His advice and practice makes sense: coding agents give us the ability scale infinitely. At this point, the only real limiter is our own ability to manage all of these agents.
Claude Desktop Buddy exposes a lightweight BLE API from the Claude desktop app. It allows makers to connect Claude Cowork and Claude Code to physical microcontrollers (like the ESP32) to display states, handle permission prompts, and more.
Claude Code Routines runs AI coding automations on Anthropic-managed infrastructure, triggered by schedule, API call, or GitHub event to autonomously review PRs, triage backlogs, or verify deployments without keeping your laptop open. You don't need to manage cron jobs or servers manually. For engineering teams on Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise plans.
Claude Design by Anthropic is an AI-powered design tool that turns ideas into polished visuals through simple prompts. Create prototypes, decks, and marketing assets, refine them via conversation, and export anywhere. It speeds up design workflows, ensures brand consistency, and enables designers, founders, and marketers to go from concept to execution faster.
Anthropic’s Claude can now operate your computer like a human—clicking, typing, browsing, and running apps autonomously. With “computer use” and Dispatch, you can assign tasks from your phone and let Claude execute them on your Mac. From emails to reports, it bridges AI reasoning with real-world action.
